Overview

• Russian forces launched overnight drone and missile attacks on the Poltava region’s power facilities, injuring at least one person according to local authorities
• Militärgouverneur Wolodymyr Kohut reported direct hits and falling debris in the Krementschuk district, with roughly 50 explosions rattling a local refinery
• President Putin declared that “wherever a Russian soldier stands, that place belongs to Russia” and insisted the entire Ukraine is rightfully part of Russia
• The 30-day agreement brokered in February to exempt energy installations from airstrikes expired this month, and both Moscow and Kyiv accused each other of violating its terms
• President Zelenskyy denounced Putin’s remarks as evidence that Russia has no interest in peace and vowed to continue defending Ukraine’s sovereignty